Agenda

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

4:00 PM

Welcome | Director 1

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

GYN | Contouring/Planning I: Cervix and Intact Uterine Cancer | Director 1

Faculty:

Case I: Early-Stage Cervix

Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego

Case II: Late-Stage Cervix (Hybrid)

Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto

Case III: Inoperable Uterine Cancer

Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Physics | How to Start a GYN HDR Program: Physics Perspectives | Director 2

Moderator:

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

Faculty:

Clinic Workflow for GYN Brachytherapy

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson University

Brachy Suite vs Non-dedicated Room

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

Quality Assurance of Applicators

Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Quality Assurance for Plans and Treatments

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

GYN | Contouring/Planning II: Vaginal Cancer, Uterine Cylinders and Recurrence | Director 1

Faculty:

Case I: Vaginal Cylinder (Post Hysterectomy)

Marisa A. Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Case II: Uterine Recurrence (Intracavitary Only)

Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center

Case III: Vaginal Cancer (Interstitial)

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Physics | Automation in GYN Brachy: AI or AyAyAII…? | Director 2

Moderator:

Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Faculty:

Use of MRI in GYN Brachy: MRI-guided vs. MRI-based vs. MRI-informed: TG 303-

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Deformable Image Registration and Dose Accumulation

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Opening Reception | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9

 

Thursday, October 16, 2025

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast | Sinatra 8

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Abstract Presentations

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

GYN | Cervix: Imaging and Planning | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Contours/OARs

Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego

Integrating MRI and CT

Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center

Ultrasound (Transabdominal/Transrectal)

Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

GYN | Cervix: Applicators and Techniques | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Tandem and Ovoid

Beth Erickson, MD, FABS
Medical College of Wisconsin

Hybrid Approaches

Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto

Nursing; Anesthesia Care for Cervix

Kayla Kafka-Peterson, RN
UCLA

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Physics | Difficult Cases and Tips and Tricks (A Roundtable Discussion) | Sinatra 9

  • Imaging
  • Digitization
  • Optimization

Moderator:

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

Faculty:

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Functions 8-9

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Hands-on-Workstation | Sinatra 10/14

  • Elekta | 1A Tandem and Ovoid
  • Elekta | 1B Ring and Hybrid Applicators
  • MIM | 1C Planning station to review contours
  • Liberty | 1D Complete applicator set for demonstration and any material to demonstrate hands on placement
  • Varian | 2A Titanium T&O set FSD
  • Varian | 2B Hybrid Applicator and Appropriate Needles
  • Best Medical | 2C Syed Needles
  • CQ Medical | 2D Complete setup to demonstrate hands on gel packing

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Varian Lunch Symposium | Master Class: Hybrid GYN | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Sushil Beriwal, MD, MBA, FABS
Vice President, Varian Medical Affairs

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

GYN | Uterine Cancer | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

RT in the Molecular Subtype ERA

Christine Fisher, MD
University of Colorado Denver

Vaginal Cuff Brachytherapy

Beth Erickson, MD, FABS
Medical College of Wisconsin

Inoperable Uterine Brachytherapy

Jyoti Mayadev, MD, FABS
University of California, San Diego

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM 

Physics | Safe Practice to Avoid Errors: How Safe is Safe? Sinatra 9

Faculty:

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

GYN | Complex Cases Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Vaginal Cancer

Elizabeth Kidd, MD
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto

Prostate for the GYN Brachytherapist

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Complication Management

Junzo Chino, MD, FABS
Duke University Medical Center

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Physics Round Table Sinatra 9

Faculty:

Patient Communication

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

Errors and How to Fix Them

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Depth of End-to-End Verifications When you Start / Restart a New Program

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Functions 8-9

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Hands-on-Workstation Sinatra 10/14

  • Elekta | 1A Tandem and Ovoid
  • Elekta | 1B Ring and Hybrid Applicators
  • MIM | 1C Planning station to review contours
  • Liberty | 1D Complete applicator set for demonstration and any material to demonstrate hands on placement
  • Varian | 2A Titanium T&O set FSD
  • Varian | 2B Hybrid Applicator and Appropriate Needles
  • Best Medical | 2C Syed Needles
  • CQ Medical | 2D Complete setup to demonstrate hands on gel packing

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Networking Reception

 

Friday, October 17, 2025

Prostate Workshop: Hands-On Workshop From Fundamentals to Advanced Practice

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM

Blue Earth Breakfast Symposium | Understanding POSLUMA | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Elizabeth Hawk, MD, PhD
Stanford Medicine

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Advocating for Brachytherapy During Tumor Board | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Mira Keyes, MD, FABS, FRCPC
BC Cancer Center

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Prostate | Brachytherapy Patient and Dose Selection | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Monotherapy

Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Combotherapy

Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Salvage

Marisa Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Prostate | Doing an Implant | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Anesthesia Options for Perineal Procedures

Albert Chang, MD
UCLA

Essentials of an LDR Implant

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Essentials of an HDR Implant

Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Calaway Young Cancer Center at Valley View Hospital

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Physics | How to Start a Prostate HDR Program: Physics Perspectives | Sinatra 9

Moderator:

Firas Mourtada, PhD, FABS
Thomas Jefferson University

Faculty:

TRUS Based Prostate HDR for Both the Beginner and Advanced User

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Mahta McKee, MS, FABS
Wake Forest University

CT Based Prostate HDR

Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Prostate | Brachytherapy Chartrounds | Sinatra 8

Moderators:

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Faculty:

LDR Review

Ankit Agarwal, MD
Western Radiation Oncology

Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mira Keyes, MD, FABS, FRCPC
BC Cancer Center

HDR Ultrasound Review 

Arun Goel, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

Marisa Kollmeier, MD, FABS
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

HDR CT/MRI Review 

Albert Chang, MD
UCLA

Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Calaway Young Cancer Center At Valley View Hospital

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Physics | The Role of the Physicist in Preplanned PSI Brachytherapy | Sinatra 9

Moderator:

Gil'ad Cohen, MPH
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Faculty:

Everything You Wanted to Know About TG128 But Were Afraid to Ask

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Adaptive and Accurate LDR BT

Gil’ad Cohen, MPH
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Physicist Role in MRI-Assisted LDR Prostate Brachytherapy

Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Teleflex Lunch Symposium | Barrigel Spacer: Safe and Controllable Spacing | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Peter J. Rossi, MD, FABS
Valley View Calaway•Young Cancer Center

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Prostate | Hands-On LDR Prostate | Sinatra 10/14

  • MIM
  • Varian (LDR)
  • Open

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Prostate | Hands-On HDR Prostate

  • MIM
  • Varian
  • Elekta

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Networking Reception | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9

 

Saturday, October 18, 2025

7:15 AM – 8:15 AM

Breakfast Symposium | Essentials of LDR Brachytherapy in the Spirit of Brian Moran | Sinatra 8

Brian Moran, MD, FABS

 

Faculty:

Peter F. Orio, III, DO, FABS
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

8:15 AM – 8:45 AM

Prostate | Making Sense and Looking Forward | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Lessons Learned in HDR Fractionation

Daniel Krauss, MD
Beaumont Health

AR/VR in Prostate Brachytherapy

Cira Mollings Puentes, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

8:15 AM – 8:45 AM

Physics | Quality Assurance for Physicists Emerging Technologies in Brachytherapy | Sinatra 9

Moderator:

Bruce Libby, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Faculty:

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Firas Mourtada
PhD, FABS, Thomas Jefferson

Surendra Prajapati, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM

Prostate | How I Do It | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

MRI-assisted Brachytherapy 

Steven J. Frank, MD, FABS
MD Anderson Cancer Center

DIL Boost 

Martin King, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Management of Side Effects After Brachytherapy 

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, MHDS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Break | Sinatra Salons Pre-Function 8-9

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Prostate | Brachytherapy Practice Building | Sinatra 8

Faculty:

Building a Prostate Brachytherapy Practice

Ankit Agarwal, MD
Western Radiation Oncology

Arun Goel, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Gil’ad Cohen, MS
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Utilizing Nursing in Your Brachytherapy Practice

Kayla Kafka – Peterson, RN
UCLA

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Hands-On Spacer

  • Barrigel Station
  • BioProtect Station